Many times, when dummy lies down; the declarer realizes he is playing a higher contract than he would like; the issue is to have enough technique skills to handle such situations, let’s see:
 K Q 7 5 10 9 7 3 8 A K Q 6 |
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| 10 A 6 5 K 7 6 5 4 J 7 5 2 |
6 4 Q J 8 4 J 10 9 3 2 8 2 |
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| A J 9 8 3 2 K 2 A Q 10 9 4 |
Dealer: North; East/West Vulnerable
| Oeste | Norte | Este | Sur |
| Pass | 11 |
Pass | 12 |
| Pass | 23 |
Pass | 3 |
| Pass | 44 |
Pass | 4 |
| Double | 4 |
5 |
6NT |
| Fin |
1 1 = 15+ or 15 a 17 balanced
2 1 = 4 or more spades
3 2 = 15 – 17 with four spades
4 4 = cue bid and an even number of keycards
Contract: 6NT
Lead: 10
The declarer count winners: 6 spade tricks, 4 probable club tricks and the A, adds 11 tricks, but East’s intervention perhaps means he has the K and that can give declarer his 12th trick.
Di Franco won the lead and run all his spades, West pitched 4 diamonds and one heart. East 3 diamonds and one heart.
Now he was correct when he thought that the spade lead showed the West didnt have a sure lead and as neither defender pitched a club, declarer played the 10 and let it run, winning the trick.
Afterwards South played his three high clubs, this was the three cards end position:
| 10 9 8 |
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| A 6 K |
Q J 10 |
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| K A Q |
At this moment Massimiliano thought: «East couldnt show a 4 cards suit during the bidding, so he played a diamond to the A and received his reward, watching West’s K and making 12 tricks.
Was Massimiliano who told me this hand: » I cashed 2 spades and seeing he lead from a stiff 10 (very dangerous) I thought he must have leading problems in the other suits.
I cashed spades (West discarding 4 diamonds and 1 heart) and I run the 10 wich made the trick…
Now I am in a three cards end position with 3 cards AQ of diamonds and K stiff and decided to cash the ace of diamond thinking East would not bid 5 diamonds with only 4 cards and I was right… 😆